A positive case of H5 avian influenza was detected at a commercial broiler farm in Dorchester County, the Maryland Department of Agriculture said Monday.

The news comes in the midst of HPAI cases in a commercial poultry operation in Kent County, Del., plus one in Caroline County, Maryland.

The first case of H5N1 avian influenza at a Maryland poultry operation since 2023 has been detected in Caroline County.Officials from the Maryland Department of

HPAI, or bird flu, is “a highly contagious airborne respiratory virus that spreads easily among birds through nasal and eye secretions, as well as manure,” according to the Department of

A case of the avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, was confirmed in Caroline County, and it marks the first case at one of Maryland’s commercial poultry facilities since 2023.

Bird flu concerns continue to escalate on Eastern Shore with case at a commercial broiler farm in Dorchester County. Here's all to know.

Atticks said sick birds had been quarantined and that Marylanders should not change their diets because of the single bird flu case found in a person.

Maryland's second case of the H5N1 bird flu has been detected at a poultry farm in Queen Anne's County, according to the Maryland Department of Agriculture.

The Maryland Department of Agriculture has announced a second case in Maryland of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (HPAI) of a commercial operation in Queen Anne’s County following routine sampl

More wildlife technicians will become available in Maryland to dispose of dead birds that could be carrying illnesses such as avian influenza, or bird flu.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is expanding its collection efforts of wild bird carcasses amid the highly pathogenic avian influenza. The state is working with the U.S. Department of Agr

A broiler farm in Dorchester County, Maryland, has received a preliminary positive test for highly pathogenic avian influenza.